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  • September 15, 2021
  • Article

Improving Deconvolution Methods in Biology Through Open Innovation Competitions: An Application to the Connectivity Map

By: Andrea Blasco, Ted Natoli, Michael G. Endres, Rinat A. Sergeev, Steven Randazzo, Jin Hyun Paik, N.J. Maximilian Macaluso, Rajiv Narayan, Xiaodong Lu, David Peck, Karim R. Lakhani and Aravind Subramanian
A recurring problem in biomedical research is how to isolate signals of distinct populations (cell types, tissues, and genes) from composite measures obtained by a single analyte or sensor. Existing computational deconvolution approaches work well in many specific... View Details
Keywords: Deconvolution; Methods; Open Innovation Competition; Genomics; Research; Innovation and Invention
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  • 2008
  • Report

Survey Questionnaire on Environmental Management Practices: Summary of Results by Industry and Practices

By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
This document provides a summary of the results of a survey on Environmental Management Practices (EMP) conducted by the University of California at Santa Barbara during October and November 2003. The survey was sent to 3255 facilities in 8 industrial sectors: pulp,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Sectors; Surveys; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Non-Governmental Organizations
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  • Research Summary

Automotive Product Development

At present, my primary research focus is studying product development in the auto industry. I am working with Stefan Thomke (HBS) and Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo) on the 4th Round of the Global Automotive Development Study. The first round of this... View Details

  • 19 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

Consequences to Missing Quarterly Earnings Benchmarks Authors:Rick Mergenthaler, Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan Abstract We find that missing quarterly earnings benchmarks, especially the analyst consensus earnings number, is associated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2015
  • Working Paper

The Impact of Funds: An Evaluation of CDC 2004-12

By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Steve Dew and Dong Ik Lee
CDC was founded in 1948 as part of the U.K. government's efforts to develop the economic resources of Britain's remaining colonies. Since then, CDC has pursued a series of strategies to "do good without losing money," as its original mission was phrased. Its approach... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Great Britain
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  • March 2022
  • Article

Where to Locate COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Facilities?

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vassilis Digalakis Jr, Alexander Jacquillat, Michael Lingzhi Li and Alessandro Previero
The outbreak of COVID-19 led to a record-breaking race to develop a vaccine. However, the limited vaccine capacity creates another massive challenge: how to distribute vaccines to mitigate the near-end impact of the pandemic? In the United States in particular, the new... View Details
Keywords: Vaccines; COVID-19; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Performance Effectiveness; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods
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  • 28 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need

wellness programs built on a “set-it-and-forget-it” mentality are often undervalued and inadequate in supporting employees’ needs, both on and off the job. Gartner’s 2021 Employee Value Proposition Benchmarking Survey revealed that... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

worked are positively correlated with firm performance, and differences between family and non-family CEOs account for approximately 18% of the performance gap between family and non-family firms. We investigate the sources of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

the ability to assess and revise lower-level goals and tactics as necessary. The concept of hierarchical goals applies to both individuals and organizations. Daily tasks and immediate, concrete benchmarks “support broader goals at the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

public participation, supported by improved staff incentives and performance appraisals. Systematically incorporate public participation in decision-making at each stage of its project/policy cycles. Improve the transparency of its... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 01 Nov 2017
  • What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

Fargo was asking its sales force to sell 8 products (‘Going for gr-eight’) to customers that needed fewer products.” This was coupled, as Thomas Dean put it, “with high, high pressure on line employees to perform or be fired.” Hamad... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

benchmark somebody's performance for pay? If the benchmark keeps changing, it complicates several things. So there’s a simple advantage that comes from using standard... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail
  • 11 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

margin by 1 to 2 percent of sales within months. These improvements are significant for both small and large companies. Q: What are the key benefits to an organization for implementing this model? Can it be benchmarked and evaluated? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

whole team setting and meeting a range of performance benchmarks over a period of time," write Hope and Fraser. "Performance is then evaluated by a peer review group (using relative measures) with... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
  • 03 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Succeed With Your New Boss

Your new boss will have more impact than anyone else over whether you succeed or fail. Your boss establishes benchmarks for your success, interprets your actions for other key players, and controls resources you need. Building a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
  • 18 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Cost of Leaning In

said, Exley adds that there are undoubtedly times when women miss opportunities to negotiate for the better, for instance, if they do not realize the true worth of their contributions. The participants in this experiment always knew exactly how much money they earned... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

rivals. And "better" because you are performing different activities than they perform, because you've chosen a different configuration than they have. Another common mistake is getting the definition of the business wrong, or... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
  • 14 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

can nonetheless establish their own internal benchmarks to assess performance and determine whether they are achieving their mission. "In these complex challenges, especially policy and advocacy, it's... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

index-based benchmarks do not adequately achieve this objective. Further, the index-benchmark selection is associated with governance-related frictions and is not driven by plausible alternative theories. Both structural calibration and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

thresholds, targets, or benchmarks are set, and defining the pay-performance relation and how the relation changes over time. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1935654 Performance Tradeoffs in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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